Shelly Skandrani is known for her critically acclaimed role in Showtime’s popular Holocaust film ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy, and produced by Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers, Shelly had to shave her head on camera to portray a young bride who’s wedding ceremony is destroyed when Nazi soldiers invade her Polish village and carry her and her community to the concentration camps.

“But it is the quiet, honest performances of young actors from the United States, Canada and Europe Brittany Murphy, Shelly Skandrani and Kirsten Dunst that carry this picture and infuse it with power.” -New York Daily News

Shelly Skandrani was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and grew up in London, England and is often described as a mixture of Israeli passion and British refinement.

This mixture of extremes sparked her interest in anthropology and Shelly has spent a vast amount of my time traveling the world and studying different cultures, including backpacking in South America and India and visiting most of Europe and the USA, gathering stories and broadening her collection of ideas.

Shelly started acting on the stages of London at the age of nine, performing in dozens of plays, with over forty performances each, before moving onto Film and TV at sixteen.

Shelly returned to Israel at eighteen and received classical training at the top performing arts school in Israel, Beit Zvi, for three intense years of fifteen hour days, where she graduated valedictorian with an immense understanding of the classical arts, their history, origins and possibilities.

While in high school Shelly studied creative writing and during Beit Zvi she directed a couple of scenes, these experiences fueled her understanding that her future lies in a much larger aspect of the creative process. Shelly started writing short stories and scripts and upon arriving in the USA took a writing class at UCLA extension.

Shelly has now produced, directed or written dozens of short films and is directing her first feature film in 2017. Shelly Skandrani’s work promotes an empowerment of women and children who live through emotional hardships, some stories are on a small family drama scale, some are more global and deal with larger issues such as war and child trafficking.

Born in Long Beach California, this Southern California native has been working in Music, Film & Television since the age of 13. Marshal started off as Music and Theater major in Santa Barbara in the early 80’s, eventually changing his major to Marketing and Advertising while attending San Diego State University. Looking for a change of scenery, Marshal transferred to San Francisco State to work on his Masters, all the while continuing to be creative in the Arts. Marshal ended up studying acting again with legendary Bay Area acting coach Jean Shelton, widely regarded as one of the finest acting teachers in the country. Mrs. Shelton had worked with Stella Adler, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg in the heart of the New York stage community, and had worked with the likes of Danny Glover and Howard Hessman, so Marshal figured he was in good hands. While living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Marshal continued to study acting and work on independent films before relocating back home to Southern California.

With close to 40 plus films to his credit, the former FOX Series Regular Co-Star, on the #1 Rated Fox Kids Show Beetleborgs Metallix, Marshal has been steadily working since his self imposed seven year hiatus from Hollywood after the show went into syndication. Since his return in 2006, he’s been a consistent presence in the Indi Film world.

Mozelle was adopted at birth and raised as an only child by successful entrepreneurs who owned a very haunted 1800s Victorian hotel. After growing up in the forensics field, and serving a short time in the military, Mozelle opened her forensic business in 1987 and has been a worldwide law enforcement consultant, trainer and court-qualified expert witness ever since. Mozelle has been a consultant for the writers of Criminal Minds, and has given commentaries to media outlets such as ABC, NBC, Crime Watch Daily, and TruTV. Mozelle holds a Masters in Forensic Psychology and a Doctorate in Transcendental Psychology, and has contracted as a Forensic Mental Health Professional in various jails and prisons. Currently she is a Forensic Consultant for Find Me Group, under the direction of Kelly Snyder, a retired Federal Agent and she also teaches forensics online for the general public and in-person at a Phoenix-area college. She can be located at www.MozelleMartin.com.

Russell Arthur Benson Jr. was born to Cynthia Lattof and Russell Benson. Russell Benson Sr. was a union plumber who had come back from Vietnam. Cynthia Lattof was a student at Gloucester State College. They divorced in 1979. Cynthia had moved Russell and his infant brother out to Sacramento, California where she met future husband Frank Russo. Frank adopted the two boys and Russell Arthur Benson Jr. name changed legally to Russell Austin Russo. The family then moved to Phoenix, Arizona before settling for a cross country drive in December 1982 to Long Branch, New Jersey where Frank’s family lived. The family rented homes and duplexes while having three more children. In April 1992, the Russo family moved to Rumson, New Jersey. Russ finished his senior year of high school at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional and graduated in 1994.He then moved with long time girlfriend Laura Wood to Clearwater, Florida in June 1996. The relationship dissolved and in November 1997, Russell moved back to Rumson, New Jersey. Russ was studying business-finance at Brookdale College. In February 1999, he stumbled upon the Jewelbox Theatre. Jade Greene, the director of the theatre, was offering internships for acting classes. In the months to follow, he studied Alexander, Meisner, Stella Adler, Lee Strausberg and Method acting. Russ worked as a utility actor in various plays during the internship before landing a lead role in Clifford Oddet’s classic “Awake & Sing” playing Moe Axelrod, a role previously performed by Sanford Meisner. Russ began traveling to NYC to study at Tisch in various acting workshops as well as working with the NJ Theatre Exchange. In March 2002, he landed the lead role in the Independent film “Envy” portraying a character with multiple personality disorder. “Envy” won the Buzz award at the NY Independent Film Festival. Russ continues to act in various plays and films.

Denise J Bryson lives in Detroit, Mi. Denise is a flight attendant with a major airline. She began writing in the fourth grade. She enjoys reading the dark side of fiction as well as writing it, paranormal, horror and supernatural. She grew up reading Stephen King and watching television shows like One Step Beyond. Being a creator of horror is not an easy tag to wear, most of her friends think that she is a little weird and her best friend calls her creepy. Denise accredits her love of horror to her mom and being dropped on her head, a few times as a kid.

Denise has always been a do’er; she is an artist, a singer and a bad dancer. She has modeled, been in a Miss Teen pageant and sings karaoke. When she is not chasing after the ultimate ‘next new thing’ Denise is watching her favorite sport, hockey. She is a wild and avid fan of The Detroit Redwings and was once asked, “What’s a sista know about hockey?” Denise is currently working on the sequel to her newly released novel, In the Footsteps of a Killer, a paranormal thriller.

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